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The Applied Ethics Primer offers a concise introduction to both basic argumentation and normative ethical theory. The concepts discussed reflect the ethical theories that currently ground most professional ethics codes and debates in applied ethics. More inclusive than many similar resources, this primer gives students a sense of the truly global history of ethics, while remaining squarely focused on providing practical tools for ethical decis...

Practical Bioethics offers a mix of theory and readings, presented in a format that is succinct and approachable. Each chapter begins and ends with a case study, illustrating the core issues at play and emphasizing the practical nature of the dilemmas arising in medicine. Primary source texts are provided to flesh out the issues, and each of these is carefully edited and presented with interwoven explanatory comments to assist student readers....

Ways of Being in the World is an anthology of the Indigenous philosophical thought of communities across Turtle Island, offering readings on a variety of topics spanning many times and geographic locations. It was created especially to meet the needs of instructors who want to add Indigenous philosophy to their courses but are unsure where to begin--as well as for students, Indigenous or otherwise, who wish to broaden their horizons with mater...

AI and Writing is an introduction to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and its emergent role as a tool for academic, professional, civic, and personal writing. Sid Dobrin examines GenAI from two perspectives: the conceptual and the applied. The conceptual approach addresses the function of GenAI and the ramifications of its use as a writing tool - especially the ethical, social, and material issues it raises. The applied approach offe...

Guides undergraduates through the trials of academic writing, from how to form fruitful research questions, to gathering and using the appropriate evidence, and finally to crafting polished, thoughtful responses to the questions that we pose ourselves in good research.

Can a writing textbook inform and entertain? Can a very brief rhetoric also function as a stand-alone guide to college writing? Yes and yes. Speaking of Writing is a concise yet comprehensive rhetoric with readings.

Examines environmental philosophy in the context of climate denial, inaction, and thoughtlessness. The book introduces readers to the varied theories and movements of environmental philosophy. But more than that, it seeks to unsettle our received understanding of the world and our role in it.

Presents philosophical theories and ideas with reference to their practical relevance to the lives of student readers. Exercises, activities, and thought experiments are integrated throughout the text, encouraging active and self-reflective reading. Numerous original source texts are included.

Primarily designed for students seeking careers in healthcare communication, this book also serves as a useful guide to nascent practitioners. Writing for increasingly diverse healthcare audiences is the focus of this book, which has just enough theory to lay groundwork, plentiful examples, and summaries that highlight key points.

Approaches the structure of English from a form-function perspective that is both theoretical and practical. The book asks learners to consider meaning, structure and use, in contrast to many grammars that focus on structure, sometimes to the exclusion of use and even meaning.

Provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. An introductory chapter provides an overview of some of the major issues within literary theory and criticism.

Compact and convenient, The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation, Third Edition includes information on MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of citation and documentation. Based on the 'Documentation' chapter in the Broadview Guide to Writing, this volume has been expanded with additional examples.